Matthew Righetti

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From offices in downtown San Francisco , Mr. Righetti has been specializing in representing claimants in civil trials for over twenty-five years with a particular emphasis on class action litigation. Mr. Righetti routinely litigates cases against the nation's largest corporations and is nationally recognized and respected by his peers as a skillful advocate on behalf of victims.

Mr. Righetti is regularly featured as an invited speaker at continuing education bar association events throughout the nation on a wide variety of civil litigation subjects including class action litigation and developments, effective discovery techniques, trial strategy, and ethics.

Mr. Righetti has tried dozens of complex cases in his career and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients on both class action and individual claims ranging from employment, labor, wage and hour, product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, and privacy rights.

Areas of Practice

Complex Civil Litigation

Consumer and Employment Class Action Litigation

Employment Litigation

Discrimination

Wage and Hour

Retaliation

Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation

Privacy Litigation

Business Torts

Product Liability Litigation

Bar Admissions

California

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Education

University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California - 1985

UC Berkeley - 1982

Major: Economics

Representative Cases

Winfrey v. Chief Auto Parts, Inc., First District Court of Appeal

Rutti v. Lojack Corp., Inc. (2010) 596 F.3d 1046

Gentry v, Superior Court (2007) 42 Cal.4th 443

Sav-On Drugstores, Inc. v. Superior Court, (2004) 34 Cal.4th 319

Honors and Awards

Recipient of the 2017 CLAY Award - “Attorneys receiving this year’s CLAY honor dazzled in the courtroom and in the boardroom, setting a standard for excellence to which all litigators and corporate lawyers should aspire. Their work garnered headlines for the innovativeness and impact.”

Recipient, Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year in 2017 by the Daily Journal

Current Investigations
View samples of current cases our firm is litigating. For more information about a particular case, please click on the case name.

Recent Victories

Belevich v. Bank of America, N.A.
Meal period wages for Bank of America personal bankers in California. Righetti Glugoski successfully negotiated a six million dollar ($6,000,000.00) settlement on behalf of Bank of America personal bankers/relationship managers in California who were not timely provided meal periods. As a result of the litigation, Bank of America changed its policies and now provides its California branch employees with the opportunity to request an additional hour of premium pay when their work duties prevent them from timely receiving a meal period. For the Court's Order granting final approval of the settlement, please click here

Kilby v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.: On April 6, 2016 the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of Righetti Glugoski’s clients by rejecting two federal district court interpretations of California’s employer regulations. The Supreme Court agreed with Righetti Glugoski’s interpretation that all working employees shall be provided with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats.View Supreme Court Decision

Class Counsel [RIGHETTI GLUGOSKI] capably represented the Class Members in a manner in which has resulted in a settlement well received by the Class Members and which has been approved by this Court. The Court recognizes the skill, creativity, integrity and zeal with which class counsel represented the class in this matter”
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"Class counsel have extensive experience litigating class actions, particularly in the area of labor and employment, and prosecuted this matter efficiently and with a high degree of professionalism. Class Counsel's cost in prosecuting this Action are hereby approved as reasonably incurred."
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"Righetti Glugoski, P.C. and Magana Cathcart & McCarthy capably represented the class in a manner in which has resulted in a settlement well received by the class and which has been approved by this Court.”
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"Righetti Glugoski, P.C. and Magana Cathcart & McCarthy capably represented the class in a manner in which has resulted in a settlement well received by the class and which has been approved by this Court.”
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